William Work Hopkins and Laura Bell Ewing

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Husband William Work Hopkins ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 10 Jul 1852 - East Mahoning Twp, Indiana Co, PA 4 5
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         Father: John Hopkins (1818-1898) 4 5 6
         Mother: Miriam Scroggs Work (1825-1864) 4 6 7

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       Marriage: 27 Dec 1877 5 8

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Wife Laura Bell Ewing ^{1 3 8}

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         Father: Thomas H. Ewing (1835-      ) 9
         Mother: Louisa B. Gourley (1837-1867) 10

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Children

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1 F Ruth Gertrude Hopkins ^{5 8}

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           Born: Nov 1878 5 8
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         Spouse: Clark Steele (      -      ) 8

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2 F Lottie Myra Hopkins ^{5 8}

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           Born: Dec 1880 5 8
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         Spouse: J. T. Crawford (      -      ) 8

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3 M Wallace Edwin Hopkins ^{5 8}

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           Born: Jul 1883 5 8
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4 M John Paul Hopkins ^{5 8}

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           Born: Mar 1888 5 8
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5 F Mary Louisa Hopkins ^{5 8}

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           Born: Mar 1891 5 8
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General Notes: Husband - William Work Hopkins

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Georgeville, Indiana Co, PA - a carpenter

He was brought up on the family homestead and attended the local schools, supplementing his meager educational advantages, however, with home reading and study. Working on the farm until eighteen years of age, he then began learning the carpenter's trade with his uncle, John B. Work, of West Mahoning township, Indiana County, who was located near Smicksburg. At first he received fifty cents a day for his labor, and after he became a journeyman his wages were one dollar a day. Completing his apprenticeship, he went to Pittsburgh, where he received $2.50 per day, but later returning to Indiana County he located in Canoe township, and an opportunity presenting itself established himself as a manufacturer of doors, sashes and frames under the name of the Enterprise Lumber Company, acting as secretary, treasurer and bookkeeper of the concern. Eleven years later he came to West Mahoning township, and for eighteen years was one of the leading builders and contractors of the locality, erecting residences, schools and churches. After the death of his father, in 1898, he moved to the Point Breeze farm, and devoted his time to operating his property and handling his lumber business, as he had contracts for supplying the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad Company with all kinds of lumber required by the road. He owned portable sawmills and operated with them in different parts of the country. In addition to his other concerns, Mr. Hopkins was interested in the Farmers' Telephone Company of Armstrong, Indiana and Jefferson counties, and served as its treasurer for three years; he was its president for some years as well.
Mr. Hopkins took a deep interest in the local schools and for sixteen years or more was a school director, and was secretary of the board. He was also auditor of his township, as well as supervisor. Politically he was first a Republican, but with the organization of the Prohibition party he felt that its platform more nearly embodied his. principles and he gave it his hearty support.
Mr. Hopkins was also prominent in church work, serving as elder and trustee of the United Presbyterian Church, and was a Sabbath school teacher.

1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 463.

2 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 144.

3 M. T. Steele & Edith Work, The Work Family (Marion Center, PA: Privately published, 1894), Pg 26, 29.

4 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 938.

5 M. T. Steele & Edith Work, The Work Family (Marion Center, PA: Privately published, 1894), Pg 29.

6 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 458, 463.

7 M. T. Steele & Edith Work, The Work Family (Marion Center, PA: Privately published, 1894), Pg 28.

8 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 939.

9 M. T. Steele & Edith Work, The Work Family (Marion Center, PA: Privately published, 1894), Pg 24.

10 M. T. Steele & Edith Work, The Work Family (Marion Center, PA: Privately published, 1894), Pg 26.